diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 053c3c8..b63113c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ name = "cursive"
 readme = "Readme.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/gyscos/Cursive"
 version = "0.9.3-alpha.0"
+build = "build.rs"
 
 [badges.travis-ci]
 repository = "gyscos/Cursive"
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@ repository = "gyscos/Cursive"
 [badges.appveyor]
 repository = "gyscos/Cursive"
 
+[build-dependencies]
+ncurses = {optional = true, version = "5.96"}
+
 [dependencies]
 enum-map = "0.4"
 enumset = "0.3"
@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@ version = "1.3"
 [dependencies.ncurses]
 features = ["wide"]
 optional = true
-version = "5.91"
+version = "5.96"
 
 [dependencies.pancurses]
 features = ["wide"]
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5af504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+fn main() {
+    #[cfg(feature = "ncurses-backend")]
+    {
+        extern crate ncurses;
+        if ncurses::NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION == 1 {
+            print!(r#"cargo:rustc-cfg=feature="ncurses.mouse_v1""#);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/curses/n.rs b/src/backend/curses/n.rs
index fe2e6ca..85d6621 100644
--- a/src/backend/curses/n.rs
+++ b/src/backend/curses/n.rs
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ fn get_mouse_button(bare_event: i32) -> MouseButton {
         | ncurses::BUTTON4_CLICKED
         | ncurses::BUTTON4_DOUBLE_CLICKED
         | ncurses::BUTTON4_TRIPLE_CLICKED => MouseButton::Button4,
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "ncurses.mouse_v1"))]
         ncurses::BUTTON5_RELEASED
         | ncurses::BUTTON5_PRESSED
         | ncurses::BUTTON5_CLICKED
@@ -442,41 +443,18 @@ where
 {
     let button = get_mouse_button(bare_event);
     match bare_event {
-        ncurses::BUTTON4_PRESSED => f(MouseEvent::WheelUp),
-        ncurses::BUTTON5_PRESSED => f(MouseEvent::WheelDown),
         ncurses::BUTTON1_RELEASED
         | ncurses::BUTTON2_RELEASED
         | ncurses::BUTTON3_RELEASED
-        | ncurses::BUTTON4_RELEASED
-        | ncurses::BUTTON5_RELEASED => f(MouseEvent::Release(button)),
+        | ncurses::BUTTON4_RELEASED => f(MouseEvent::Release(button)),
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "ncurses.mouse_v1"))]
+        ncurses::BUTTON5_RELEASED => f(MouseEvent::Release(button)),
         ncurses::BUTTON1_PRESSED
         | ncurses::BUTTON2_PRESSED
         | ncurses::BUTTON3_PRESSED => f(MouseEvent::Press(button)),
-        ncurses::BUTTON1_CLICKED
-        | ncurses::BUTTON2_CLICKED
-        | ncurses::BUTTON3_CLICKED
-        | ncurses::BUTTON4_CLICKED
-        | ncurses::BUTTON5_CLICKED => {
-            f(MouseEvent::Press(button));
-            f(MouseEvent::Release(button));
-        }
-        // Well, we disabled click detection
-        ncurses::BUTTON1_DOUBLE_CLICKED
-        | ncurses::BUTTON2_DOUBLE_CLICKED
-        | ncurses::BUTTON3_DOUBLE_CLICKED
-        | ncurses::BUTTON4_DOUBLE_CLICKED
-        | ncurses::BUTTON5_DOUBLE_CLICKED => for _ in 0..2 {
-            f(MouseEvent::Press(button));
-            f(MouseEvent::Release(button));
-        },
-        ncurses::BUTTON1_TRIPLE_CLICKED
-        | ncurses::BUTTON2_TRIPLE_CLICKED
-        | ncurses::BUTTON3_TRIPLE_CLICKED
-        | ncurses::BUTTON4_TRIPLE_CLICKED
-        | ncurses::BUTTON5_TRIPLE_CLICKED => for _ in 0..3 {
-            f(MouseEvent::Press(button));
-            f(MouseEvent::Release(button));
-        },
+        ncurses::BUTTON4_PRESSED => f(MouseEvent::WheelUp),
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "ncurses.mouse_v1"))]
+        ncurses::BUTTON5_PRESSED => f(MouseEvent::WheelDown),
         _ => debug!("Unknown event: {:032b}", bare_event),
     }
 }